Genetic Diversity of Arcobacter Species of Animal and Human Origin in Andhra Pradesh, India.
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SUBMITTER: Soma Sekhar M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5446839 | biostudies-other | 2017 Jun
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Genetic Diversity of <i>Arcobacter</i> Species of Animal and Human Origin in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Soma Sekhar M M Srinivasa Rao T T Chinnam B K BK Subramanyam K V KV Metta M M Mohammad Sharif N N
Indian journal of microbiology 20170413 2
<i>Arcobacter</i> is an emerging foodborne pathogen having zoonotic significance. Enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus (ERIC) PCR and repetitive sequence-based PCR (rep-PCR) analysis of a total of 41 <i>Arcobacter</i> isolates revealed a greater degree of genetic diversity. ERIC-PCR genotyping distinguished 14, 13 and 12 genotypes among 16, 13 and 12 isolates of <i>A. butzleri</i>, <i>A. cryaerophilus</i> and <i>A. skirrowii</i>, respectively. Rep-PCR genotyping distinguished 15, 12 a ...[more]
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